Engineering scholars of The University of Hong Kong has achieved brilliant results in the recent announcement by the Research Grants Council of the University Grant Committee on a number of competitive peer-reviewed research funding schemes. The funded projects are as follows:
Collaborative Research Fund (CRF)
Project Title: Unveiling neural activities through spatiotemporally optimized multiphoton (STOMP) microscopy
Project Coordinator: Professor Kenneth K.Y. Wong
Department: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Second CRF Covid-19 and NID Exercise Group Research Proposals
Project Title: A real-time monitoring and warning system for COVID-19 and influenza infection in building environment
Project Coordinator: Professor Yuguo Li
Department: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Impact Fund
Project Title: Optical and computational technologies to combat microplastics and nanoplastics pollution
Project Coordinator: Professor Edmund Y.M. Lam
Department: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Project Title: Trustworthy quantum gadgets for secure online communication
Project Coordinator: Professor Giulio Chiribella
Department: Department of Computer Science
National Natural Science Foundation of China / Research Grants Council Joint Research Scheme
Project Title: Automatic Understanding and Generation of Long Descriptive Text
Project Coordinator: Dr Kong Lingpeng
Department: Department of Computer Science